What To Do When You Feel Like No One Cares About Youth Ministry

A Sure-Fire Framework for Getting the Resources and Support Your Group Needs

In your own way, I know you have a passion for youth ministry burning deep inside of you. It’s one of the things that stirs your heart, calls to you in the quiet moments, and speaks to the impact you’re meant for. God has created you to help steward the next generation.

Whether you’re a priest, a youth pastor, a parent, a coach, a mentor, a Sunday School teacher, or a volunteer chaperone, I know your passion is making a positive difference in the lives of our kids by helping make the Church their safest and happiest place to be.

But the challenge is trying to gain traction with so much competing noise. It can feel nearly impossible to get the thing you are most passionate about in front of the people who need it the most. There is quite a lot competing with our youth workers on the front lines of the battle. Sometimes, it feels like we’re losing our teens faster than we ever could have imagined.

Trouble getting your youth group to thrive? Sign up for Faithtree’s new video series, Your Youth Group Makeover. This free series reveals simple tweaks that will help you get heard, get traction, and make an impact on the precious ones God has entrusted to your care. Click here to watch it now.

Most of us know that building programs will never be what really engages our youth in the life of the Church. Relationship is. But program are a great way to get our kids in the door, and as it turns out, creating them can be more complicated, confusing, and time-consuming than we first imagined.

Maybe you’ve started a program, but you aren’t getting the results you want. Sometimes all you get is crickets. And that’s when doubt comes in. Does anyone really care? If they did, parents would bring their kids, people would be volunteering, sports would be secondary to Divine Liturgy, our group would be growing, right? I’d see the results. Maybe I should just throw in the towel?

Believe me, we get it. Each member of our team has faced this ourselves. But here’s the reality: It’s actually easier than you think to get the attention your message deserves and to get people in our churches on board. We actually think our clergy and families are hungry for it. You just have to know what the high-leverage activities are.

It doesn’t have to take a lot of time, or even money, but it does take the right strategy to finally get the breakthrough you need. And that’s exactly why we created a free video series with a simple, proven, step-by-step plan to get you from where you are, to where you know you want to be.

In this free video series, you’ll discover:

The most powerful phrase you can ever write to instantly connect with the people who need your message most (and where to put it for maximum impact).

The three most important activities you can use to make your time with your youth more compelling, credible, and professional, while building authority and rapport with your teens.

The second most effective—but often overlooked—conversation you need to be having with the parents in your community, including the most common mistakes to avoid, and what to do to really make connection with them.

How to quickly craft an irresistible event to build your rapport fast—and maybe without even creating any additional work.

The one opportunity most people are missing with social media, and how you can easily take your social media presence to the next level with one simple tweak.

I know these high-leverage activities pay dividends because they’ve helped our team personally grow our parish youth groups, as well as the many churches we’ve mentored through this content. And right now, you can get the inside track at no cost.

We’re already getting great feedback from viewers.

This is a coordinated pan-Orthodox teaching. Essential Apologetics of our time. A positive message in support of living an Orthodox Christian life is found in Faithtree Resources.- The Very Reverend Dr. Chad Hatfield, President, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary

Faithtree Resources, looking to meet the needs of our faithful, has produced content that gives such insight. Relationships-with peers, family, church community and others—are the context for identity formation. Thank you Faithtree, for this valuable and high-quality program.- Carole Buleza, M.A., Director of the Antiochian Orthodox Department of Christian Education

Great content! I’m amazed it’s being given away for free. I would recommend it to anyone.- Liz Gray

Thanks for this—another great video series from you!- Michelle McWilliams

We get so excited when we see this kind of response.

Here’s the honest truth: Most people have no idea where to focus when they are trying to spread their message and build their group. They are just doing a little of this and a little of that, hoping that it makes a difference, hoping that something will finally hit. But it rarely does.

What if instead you could get a glimpse behind the curtain and see what it takes to make your message and your group stand out? Now you can.

It took our team years to fine-tune this approach, but here’s the good news. You don’t need years—you can make these tweaks starting today and immediately see momentum.

If you’re having trouble getting your youth group to be all that you know God intended for it to be, sign up for our free video series, Your Youth Group Makeover, and discover the simple tweaks that will help you get heard, get traction, and make an impact. Click here to watch it now.

Faithtree is a ministry of St. Michael Antiochian Orthodox Church in Van Nuys, California, a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. It’s purpose is to provide educational programs from a Traditional Orthodox Christian context in the language of our day, and to equip families in North America to live what they believe.